how I sell my art from a sticker vending machine

The story of how I randomly bought a sticker vending machine and how I sell my art out of it
Find me at my next event!
Saturday 7/22 | 12PM-6PM
Soul Real Market @ Troy HS (Fullerton, CA)
#stickevendingmachine #vendingmachine

[@sunnexito]

You made me wanna buy a vending machine haha I love it

[@mandateee]

@@sunnexito 10/10 would recommend!! (a bit heavy though)

[@annareed7436]

I just picked up my machine and I am so excited! I have a market coming up and plan to sell tiny prints of my original paintings! Love love this idea!

[@mandateee]

@@annareed7436 Yay!! So excited for you and I hope your prints sell well :)

[@asokhom]

Soo nostalgic, i loove how you re-vamped it and the art prints came out SO ADORBS! 💞✨

[@mandateee]

Can’t wait to see what you pull from the machine 🫢

[@billyodamit8709]

This is the perfect video! This is everything I want to do. I worked professionally in many print shops for 42 years and I loved making stickers. I am an artist and that made my printing job very much fun. Now retired I want to do something, and I thought about a machine for my sticker designs for weeks now and today I found you and you did it. Thank you sez Billy O'Damit

[@mandateee]

Wow 42 years is amazing! Truly admire your dedication and I hope you enjoy working on your own sticker machine venture :)

[@secretvibes4898]

This is genius

[@jopoli88]

Omg. I have one of these and I've been so afraid to hack it thinking I might break it. Do you happen to know how to upgrate it to be free? Like for it to function, but not need any quarters to get the item. Thanks!

[@mandateee]

I haven't tried this myself but I think there is possibly a way to make it free! In my video, I remove the spacer to increase the amount of quarters, but maybe if you add more spacers for it to be completely full, it can dispense it without needing any quarters. It can be intimidating trying to adjust it yourself but I just slowly take it a part and retrace my steps when putting it back together and normally it's okay. Hope it works out for you!

[@lessthanserafim]

Your sooo underated like this video deserves 1 mil + views

[@mandateee]

Thank you so much! I appreciate you

[@modoodles]

Omg so genius girl!!! Im so tempted to make one for my craft shows now

[@mandateee]

Yes please do! It’s so fun having one of these machines hehe

[@puertoricochillvibes]

Where do you buy your cardboard sleeves?

[@mandateee]

@@puertoricochillvibes They’re sold online but I got mine from Astro Operators in Bell Gardens, CA!

[@journeyoflovee]

Omg I LOVE this so cool & cute! I used to always love getting the stickers from these machines as well, I would love to do this in the future as well♥ your art is adorable I wish I could go to the event to get the prints!

[@mandateee]

Thank you!! Yeah it’s so fun having one of these and I really hope you can do the same in the future ☺️ I might sell some of these prints online in the future but it’s definitely way more fun when you can buy it from the machine haha

[@davidhuynh1888]

cat embroidered denim dress shirt = peak fashion

[@mandateee]

Only worn by the coolest people on the planet 😎

[@Baek-lei]

Hiii!! I was there at the event today!! You’re shop was so cute (I was the one that gave you the pastry’s) + (btw I hope you liked them) and everything there was so adorable I hope you keep on selling because you deserve over a million sales and subscribers.

[@mandateee]

Rei!! Thank you so much for stopping by and saying hi. Selling days are so hectic so we don't have a lot of time to eat but thankfully I had your bread to enjoy hehe. Hope to see you again in the future! Meeting you was definitely one of my favorite interactions 🥰

[@Baek-lei]

@@mandateee I hope to see you too and I hope you keep selling!! I promise to go to all events near or in the Orange County area if I can!! (I hope you stay local😅). Also meeting you was so much fun and you were so sweet. Keep up the amazing work because it truly is amazing and I hope to see you again soon. (Also thank you so much for the free sticker, it’s so cute!!)

[@mandateee]

@@Baek-lei Haha aww I appreciate you making it out to any future events! I'm taking a little break so no events in August but I'll be back in September hopefully~

[@Baek-lei]

@@mandateee hopefully 🤞😁

[@Jonny_Black]

Has it actually turned a profit for you? I'm interested in one of these for myself-- I write poetry on a typewriter and love the idea of this!

[@mandateee]

For me it definitely has turned a profit at my in person events! It is also dependent on what you put in your machine. Having your poetry typed on a typewriter sounds like such a fun idea! I think there is definitely an audience for it but you just have to be mindful of where you are putting this machine. I can also see people wanting to purchase a positive affirmation in addition to your poetry :)

[@beatrizjurado5648]

Hello I am your new subscriber I amaze with your machine where do you get it I like it

[@mandateee]

Hello! I found mine off of Facebook Marketplace used, but there are a few websites online that will sell them new. Try looking up "sticker and tattoo vending machine" :)

[@nitromango45]

ohhhh quarters! that’s why my dimes didn’t work😶‍🌫️

[@mandateee]

I kid you not, someone managed to buy stickers using Canadian currency 🙃

[@irenapekarkova680]

Hi, I wonder if coins other than dollars fit in there. For examples euros? Thanks in advance.

[@mandateee]

Hi! I'm not totally sure because I don't have euros to test for myself but I would assume that if it's the same size as a US quarter it would work! Someone has bought stickers from my machine before and used Canadian currency and it worked 😅

[@OrangeCatMindset]

Waaaaait where do you put the vending machines? Is it like at events only or do you have a store/park that lets you do this? And did you need permits?? Tyy for the video

[@mandateee]

I've had it stationed at a store for a few months now but I decided to bring it out to my event for the first time! I lucked out and my friend worked at a shop where the owner gave me permission to have it in their store and I offered free graphic design services in exchange. In terms of permits not entirely sure! I tried to do some research on that but it was hard to figure out if it was needed or not. 🙃

[@OrangeCatMindset]

@@mandateee oooh, understandable! Thank you!!!

[@bonniedo327]

a women in stem slay

[@mandateee]

If this counts, this is the closest I’ll ever be to STEM 💀